Single Market Compliance Unit (Hansard, 24 February 1997)

HC Deb 24 February 1997 vol 291 cc63-4W 64W

§ Sir Cranley Onslow
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many cases are currently being pursued by his Department's single market compliance unit. [17110]

§ Mr. Nelson
The single market compliance unit was relaunched as Action Single Market on 28 March 1996, incorporating the Department of Trade and Industry's European state aids complaints work into the more general single market trade barriers work carried out by the SMCU. Action Single Market is currently pursuing 70 complaints against other single market countries, including eight state aids cases.